The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-27
THE AUGUST MAGAZINES.
A Glance at the Contents of the Midsummer
Literary Periodicals.

The Art Interchange of July 16 appears in
somewhat enlarged form, and now hears typo
graphical resemblance to the Art Age. This
publication is especially intended for the use of
amateur artists who confne themselves 10 the
less ambitious forms of decoration. The coored
supplements with this issue is g study OF oranges.
The American Book-maker, which devotes
itself to the mechanical features of the publish
ing business. is of the most attractive of the
trade publications, being itself practical illus
and type. 1t notes the progress of the art OF
printing in all of its departments and contains
much information of interest to the general
reader
The midsummer Puck is one of the most arts
tic and successful specimens of color printing.
ever sent out by the publishers of periodical.
There nothing about it of the garish chrome
order, the delicate tinting and dainty drawing
comparing favorably with Prang's best prints.
There three fullpaee cuts, but perhaps the
most artistic work Is osher less pretentious
pages 1t is a triumph of press work, and its
literary features are in keeping.
II there is such a thing learning from a
book how to perform every sort of domestic duty
that knowledge can be gained from Good House
keeping The most experienced cooks and house
keepers contribute to its pages and treat of every
subject likely to engage the attention of home
making women. Catharine Owen. who told how
Molly Bishop kept house on ten dollars week,
begins in the issue of July % to tell the story of
the efforts of the same Molly, now a widow. to
support herself and three children. AS matter
of course cookery is to be the source of income.
The English magazines for August, tho Quiv-
er. the Family Magazine and the Art Magazine,
from Cassell & Co. and Macmillan, contain,
usual. much excellent literature. The Culver
is handsomely printed and well illustrated, and
its contents of religious character, it being
intended for Sunday reading" The frontis-
piece of the Art Magazine is fine photograv
from Spanish painting entitled Here's to
Your Health" These publications, together
with the Eclectic and Alden's Library Magazine.
afford the American public fair opportunity of
becoming acquainted with the best thought of
English literary workers.
In Lippincott for August John Montgomery
Ward discusses at some length the question
to whether the baseball player is chattel. The
substance of his argument is that the ''sale" of
players by club is outrage which should not
be tolerated and that change in the system of
management must be made. ''The tangled web
of legislation which now hampers the game must
be cut away and the business of base ball made
to rest the ordinary business basis" The
interest of the public in this question is probably
less intense than might otherwise be the case,
owing to the knowledge that if the baseball
player is chattei, be is willing one, that,
dIslking TO be sold" he has perfect liberty to
vitiate all transfers by entering into other busi
ness G. j. Bloomfield Moore discusses without
disclosing the Keely- Motor secret Edgar Fawcett
undertakes to tell the Truth about Ouida, u and
in doing shows himself much more friendly
critic than those who usually write of this
eccentric authors works The mpete novel
with this number is entitled THE Land Of Love-
the writer Sidney Luska.
The Cosmopolitan for July makes its appear
ance in a new cover of unique and attractive de-
sign, aud presents other indications of pros
perity. The literary features of the best
character most entertaining sketch for mid
SUMMER reading is Louse Chandler Moultons
account of IA Lazy Tour in Spain" The arti-
Gle is handsomely illustrated. Angelina Teal,
Indiana writer whose name became known
to the public few months ago, from being APP
pended to an excellent short story in the Allan
tic Monthly. contributes sketch entitled "A
Hoosier Capulet." Richard A. Proctor tells
how to live d hundred years, and draws the con
cluslon that when men die many years before
that age is attained, the fault, apart from nc ag
nant diseases accident, is their own Joel
Benton contributes come interesting :eminis
cences of Horace Greeley, L. p. Roe tells how
he came to write his frst novel, and Charles G.
Welman describes Monte Carlo and its games;
two or three short stories, the usual complement
of verse. and youths department., make up an
excellent number.
The contributions of Oliver Wendell Holmes
may 60 into the pages of the most exclusive
American periodicals unedited although they
contain an advertisement on every page, but he
is probably the only writer to whom such priv
ileges would be permitted. There is good
deal of free advertising of one sort and another
in his iustalnent of Zone Hundred DAYS in
Europe" in the August Atlantic, but the chap
tiers are none the less interesting and should
form part of the literature of those who intend
to visit London.
Tua with HicEo 80 he tIo
given collection of letters written by
Francis Preston Blair while he acted editor
of the Washington Globe, during Jackson's ad-
ministraton. E. FL. House talks with the IA
miliarity of an intimate acquan lance of the
personal characteristicsof Charles Reade George
Frederic Parsons discusses The Growth
of MaterialIsm," and Harriet Waters Preston
undertakes to explain '"rne Spell of the
Russian Writer'S" The serial stories. 1.-THE
Second Son" and paul Patoff," increase in in
terest. ''The Gophered Grave.vine," highly
original story OF the Uncle Remus order. and
IA Mad Englishman" complete the fiction of
the number.
ST. Nicholas Cor August opens with an echo
song" by Edith NJ. Thomas, which deserves the
choicest of musical settings. A Summer Lull-
aby' should be similarly honored. The "Boy-
hood of Oliver Wendell Holmes" is a pleasant
sketch aud is embellished not only with like
ness of the "Aurocrat," but with tiny repro 4
ducton of the celebrated portrait of Dorothy
O." Young readers find the successive chap
lures of Juan and Juanita" of absorbing inter
est. and sigh with mixed satisfaction and regret
over the conclusion of the history of "Jennys
Boarding House." A story by Nora Perry has
a lesson in it that might well be taken heart
by many teacher bent making mathemati-
clans out of the most unwilling pupils. Gen.
Adam Badeau tells in a very graphic way of the
battle of Charlottesville. George j. Manson
tells boys how they may become journalists and
among other things makes this sensible sugges
ton to the boy who is determined to be an ed
itor:
''As a rule, it will be advisable to look away
from the great cities when his ambition deter
mines him to become an editor The position OF
managing editor of great city daily is daily be-
coming more difficult of attainment because of
the increasing number of journalists and she !
cause the standard of journalism is slowly but
surely being raised.
Take map and look at our great country; |
think of the thriving cities the enterprising |